clouds break up around lunchtime. and then as you head through the afternoon, mostly sunny skies. but the combination of low clouds that will block some of the sun to start the day and and on shore breeze means temperatures heading into the afternoon, notice no 70s today. not too bad. 50s to low 60s, but tomorrow, more cooling and then a big u turn in the weather. we have rain, snow, thunder, wind, cold. all that kind of stuff as we go through the week. >> all right. thank you very much, rob. this morning the coast fagud is still trying to figure out what caused a ferry and speed boat to collide. it's a collision in which two people were hurt. the crash happened just south of tiburon around 4:30 yesterday afternoon. authorities say the speed boat was going fast when it collided with the ferry heading to sausalito. none of the people on board the ferry were injured, but two men in the smaller boat were, one

seriously. both are in their 60s. >> scary that happened, so hopefully everything turns out okay. >> the mcht s san francisc ma s of service and the crew will undergo drug tests which is routine. a man continues to recover after driving his motorcycle through his neighbor's house. the crash happened around 6:30 last night. police say the man was trying out his brand new harley-davidson when he lost control, shot across the lawn, and right through his neighbor's wall. the bike ironically ended up in the garage. the man was not wearing a helmet at the time. he was transported. no would be else was injured and the neighbor's house, no one was home. again, that man, minor injuries to his face. we're learning this morning more about the man who died when he crashed into the back of a

big rig. he's 43-year-old christopher giavanoli. for some reason he drove off highway 101 and slammed into a tanker trailer parked on the shoulder. he was pronounced dead at the scene. police say they don't believe alcohol played a role in this crash. oakland police are investigating two separate homicides this morning. police say a man was shot several times around 5:00 yesterday evening on 8th street. he died at the scene. 11 hours earlier, police say a 22-year-old man was stabbed to death on east 11th street. police say the man was visiting people at a nearby apartment complex when he got into an argument with another man who stabbed him. as of now, there are no arrests in either killings. it brings a total homicides to 12 this year. at this time last year, that total was 17.

a follow up now to breaking news we first you about yesterday. fire investigators are still looking for the cause of the fire that took the life of a little girl. you can see from this cell phone video that the blaze was raging around 12:30 yesterday morning. witnesses say the 10-year-old girl was trapped on the second story and they could hear her asking, crying for help. some neighbors along with firefighters tried to rescue the girl, but the fire burned too fast. >> anytime we do have a loss, it's a tragedy. kids seem to hurt more because we're all parents and we do our best to protect the kids. it's a tough situation when something like this happens and we do everything possible and we can't get to a rescue to save somebody. >> a firefighter was injured when the second story collapsed. five other people living inside the apartment did make it out

safely. dozens of others were forced out of their homes. catholic charities manages that complex and tells us many of formerly homeless families ere including a number of children. no one was hurt in another fire, but several cars and a building were damaged. it happened at an auto towing yard on paul mlmetto avenue. the flames were pushed to an auto repair shop, as well. >> my building is on on fire, a wrecking yard next door with cars and gas tanks. could you hear things blowing up at the time. and i ran out. >> investigators are still trying to determine the cause of that fire. scientists are calling friday's three day show in the sky a wake-up call for thankind. they are urging more time be spent on the detection of astroids. it turns out several scientists in the bay area are already

ahead of the game. for the past several months, the b 6-12 made up of scientists and former astronauts has been raise money to build a space telescope set to orbit the sun starting in 2018. within its first month, it is expected to discover more asteroids than all of our earth based telescopes have over the past 30 years. friday's 150-foot astroid that passed extremely close to earth was only found last year. scientists say that is too late to have done any good if the earth was in its direct path. >> we knew factually that we lived in a falling rock zone, but friday reminded us that we live in a shooting gallery, in fact, we got into a cross fire. >> with enough notice, scientists believe we can deflect any large objects that are heading toward our planet. and maybe you saw the meteor that streaked across the sky here in the the bay area, as well. this is video of what is

believed to be that fireball that people saw from fairfield down to the south bay and into the central valley about 8:00 friday night. it was a big deal for everyone who saw it here, but cosmically speaking, not so much. the american meteor society says the meteorite was not a major event, pointing at that fireballs happen every night, just not over heavily populated areas where a lot of folks line us get to see it and take pictures. the massive cleanup effort continues in russia this morning. the shockwave from friday's meteorite blew out windows in more than 4,000 buildings. officials have promised to have those windows fixed within a week, but that is a long time to wait when the temperatures there are only reaching a high of about ten degrees. remarkably only a handful of the 1200 hurt are still in the hospital. still ahead on today in the bay, it is named after one of the world's fastest cars and rightfully so. the record this racing yacht now docked in it san francisco just set. plus the musical journey

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live at oakland this morning. we'll get you your forecast for what is hopefully a long holiday weekend for you. this is one of the most dangerous sailing trips in the world, traveling 13,000 miles from new york to san francisco off the southern tip of south america. an international sailing crew aboard the racing yacht maserati broke the record for a single sailboat making the trip. it took 47 days beating the old record by nearly 11 days. >> world records are not that easy to come by and we're fortunate to have managed to do it. we wanted to set a very nice reference time that would be difficult for whoever comes after us to beat. and i think we've managed to accomplish that for sure. >> the nine member crew says the

trip wasn't easy and waves can get to 50 feet high. they say they are looking forward to a good meal. the pay area's largest travel show is under way this weekend, the the travel and adventure show at the santa clara show is full of experts and features travel deals and activities for the entire family from zip lining to rock climbing. we asked visitor if the carnival cruise ship night mayor would impact their decisions. >> i'm thinking would i be leery again of going on a cruise ship. i think a train journey might be better because at least you're on land and if there's a disaster, you can easily access land. >> the travel and adventure show continues today from 11:00 to 4:00. again, at the santa clara convention center. still ahead, spring training is a family affair for giants manager bruce sochi.

we'll tell you why. and here is a view of some of the fog we're waking up to this morning around parts of the bay area. the sun will break through but with cooler temperatures. a full look at changes in your forecast when we come right back.

a piano will burn that has overlooked the ocean this half moon bay drawing hundreds of people for sunset concerts. while the piano is gone, the music and memories will live on. a glorious sendoff for a piano whose glory days are behind it. on a bluff at half moon bay, where during world war ii, to soldiers watched for incoming

fire. >> i had many pianos, so i decided to play it by the water. >> on pfebruary 1st, they draggd the piano out to the bluff where he planned on saying the same composition for 30 days. in the two weeks since, they stopped by day and night to touch, take pictures and play the pea an know. >> i've never had any experience like this. i wish it was staying here for a long time. >> but the days for this aging piano are numbered. the city will only allow to stay until valentine's day and then at sunset on sunday, a cremation of sorts. >> i will take it back to my studio and on sunday i'm going to play one more time and then let it burn. >> as much of the folks around the bay area have enjoyed the sunset serenades, he says they were never meant to go on

forever. and yet for the people who experienced them, somehow the music will live on. >> the ocean, the fact that it's out here, that he had the guts to bring here and it's very artistic, so bay area and just a story that we're all going to remember forever. >> make people happy and excited. it's amazing. >> he said he did meet a woman who owned the pea an know for decades with the family and the family could not afford to keep the piano or repair it, but the joy it brought so many people made it easier to see it go. it will be burned at sunset tonight as we said as he plays it one last time. now a look at the forecast. not often that you get an excitement that takes you to the we've iffor a concert. i was a lucky girl. >> and you had nice weather. but we're starting to see changes. we have the on shore breeze back, the fog spilling into put as of the bay and also set up in

our inland valleys. right now 45 in san jose and morgan hill, 48 in san francisco. and a mild 51 in oakland, but mid-30s inland. and the fog really continues to be the story. some patchy thick fog around palo alto. look at sainta rose. all locates start to improve around 9:00, 10:00. drier air will lead to hazy sunshine. but the winds staying on shore today, unlike some of the offshore breezes we had late last week will ensure that the day's highs will be running a little cooler than the 70s we saw yesterday. so slightly cooler temperatures today as the seabreeze picks up. this will continue the cooling trend on into monday and we'll see increasing clouds during the day tomorrow leading to a chance of rain by monday night and certainly a good bet for rain, wind and much cooler temperatures as we head into tuesday. right now the satellite fairly ca calm. the pattern shift that will take

place is going from this mild pattern with this cold trough dropping in beginning late tomorrow night into tuesday. and there's a possibility of seeing snow levels maybe lower than 3,000 feet by the time we get into tuesday afternoon and tuesday night. and with that cool air aloft, there is a chance of maybe seeing some thunder, too. today, though, just waiting for the low clouds to break up. hazy sunshine for the afternoon. increasing clouds as we get into monday. it should be mainly dry by day. monday night into tuesday morning's commute, it looks like we'll see some rain and breezy conditions. and rainfall totals, estimates are that we should see a quarter inch to maybe an inch of rain in the hilltops on tuesday. so pretty good system coming in, but holding off for the holiday weekend plans. today low to mid-60s around san jose down from the 70s we saw in a few spots yesterday. mid-60s to inner sid arouupper

tri-valley. will mid-60s oakland. low 60s around the north bay. so today really the warmest of the next seven days. tuesday will be the main weather event of the week. we'll get that snow level drop to at low as mount hamilton, maybe a dusting. wednesday, though, we'll get clearing. this system will move fairly quickly. showers shutting down. another system dropping in thursday into friday. but a lot drier than the system we'll see on tuesday. but you can see the temperatures once we get into the 50s, going to be staying there for a while with more opportunities to see our snow which is something we also need. thank, rob. more ahead. coming up, our big time college athletics costing higher public education? >> it's a program that will have control. >> our investigative unit adds up the true cost of competing at

the highest levels of college athletics.

the price of competing in big time athletics whether it hurts the bottom line. a growing number of critics point to uc berkeley as a prime example. >> it's a program out of control. >> an athletics program that dr. lusco says grows while her research suffers. >> i've had to cut back verily on my research. >> anthropology research that she says she can no longer accomplish. >> so i passed on being a co-principal investigator on a national institutes of health proposal a couple year back because i didn't have the lab resources to do the work. >> and it's not just in the lab.

but in the classroom. >> we are offering fewer and fewer classes to all of the students. >> if you only have so much in the pot, where do you put it. >> this professor has been teaching here for 52 years. she's worried about about what cal is spending money on on. >> it's out of control. and if you ask people why, they say that's what the market requires. i thought we were an ivory tower. >> take a look at these numbers. cal's athletic budget nearly doubled from $45 million in 2004 to a projected $90 million this year. only a fraction of projected $4.5 million this year comes directly from the school. the rest supplied by team revenues and donations. during the same time, state funding for the berkeley campus as a whole dropped by $160 million. forcing student tuition to more than double.

>> there's less support staff. >> while conceding tight economic times, gary fire stone says athletics are critical to berkeley's success. >> i'm convinced that money has come into the academic programs because of having athletics on campus. a division one level. >> at the same time, academics has seen cut backs, cal athletics paid off the form he coach up to $5.5 million not to coach football. and these documents show berkeley is paying louisiana tech a half million more dollars to by out the old contract of his replacement. details of the new contract are still to be announced. the administration says the hone comes from donations, not campus funds, but the payouts serve as

a lesson in priorities. the chancellor points out most comes from outside sources such as donations, ticket sale, tv contracts and other revenue. but that's not enough to fund the program completely. so the university has to pay out the difference. >> i'd be happy about that, but we don't require that. >> the can difference the campus has to pay out came to nearly $11 million in 2009, $7 million last year, and a projected $4.5 million at the end of this fiscal year. >> payoff is worth it. i couldn't imagine having a second rate athletics program. we don't do anything second rate at berkeley. >> he also points out that the campus' contribution to enter collegiate athletics makes up less than one third of the about $2.3 billion overall budget, a

budget that continues to grow despite the dramatic decline in n. financial support. >> if we did not have the income generating sports, shortfalls would be tens of millions of dollars. >> but is it competing at the highest levels of the ncaa come with other costs. >> there are very few programs in this country that are meeting that principal of self such city. >> dempsey served as president of the ncaa for nine years. he now consults for university athletic programs around the country from his home in la hoya. dempsey says uc berkeley is not alone. of the 341 television one athletic program, only 23 actually bring in more money than they spend berkeley is not one of them. >> that's my biggest problem where we are with division one sports. it has become a big business. and with that, there is so much focus upon the need to generate

revenues. >> and that was steven stock reporting. today in the bay continues with defending dorner. why dozens of protesters are protesting the manhunt for the fugitive ex-police officer accused of killing four people.

this is a live look at san jose, looking foggy as san francisco on this sunday morning. thanks for joining us. we have a long holiday weekend hopefully for some folks. not everybody. but the weather looks like it will be nice. >> not bad. when you look at how the temperatures are going, we're kind of lucking out for the weekend. right now we do have the fog this morning that looked more like flez know, but that is san jose. 5 is if oakland. the fog is pretty thick, so use

extra time on the roads. low clouds should break up around lunchtime. we'll get hazy sunshine. temperatures upper 50s to low to mid-60s today. down from the low 70s we saw just yesterday. so a dry day today, but monday continued cooling and then much needed rain and snow coming your way. we'll show you the changes coming up. >> we need rain. the grass is looking terrible. tens of thousands gathered in st. peter's square for one of pope benedict's last public appearances before he retires. this morning the pontiff gave his second to last blessing before leaving the papacy at the end of the month, addressing the crowd from his window at the vatican. he asked the faithful to pray for him and for the next pope and thanked the crowd in a number of languages. a conclave of cardinals will

secretary a new pope perhaps as soon as holy week. one of those retired roger mahoney. despite allegations of hiding sexual abuse by priests, mahoney is still considered a priest in good standing and under the age of 80. those factors make hill one of only 11 american cardinals to have a vote for the next pope. at the last con careful, bernard law faced the same criticism and still cast a vote in the selection of pope benedict. new this morning, a number of people killed in a bombing at a popular market in pakistan continues to increase this morning. officials say more than 80 people are now confirmed dead and nearly 200 more are injured. it destroyed shops and causing a two story building to collapse leaving behind a massive crater. officials say the bomb was hidden inside a water tank

detonated by remote control. shiites are considered a minority in the country. this mornings on quart s oos was visited by a preacher. he's being held until his bail herring set for tuesday. he's charged with murdering his girlfriend, reeva steenkamp. husband uncle says he's devastated by steenkamp's death and that he is innocent. >> oscar as you can imagine is also numbered with shock and grief. >> despite her death, a new reality tv show aired as planned in south africa last night. a fellow contestant on the show says this has been an extremely difficult time, but that airing the show what have been what reeva steenkamp would have wanted. >> i think it would be severe

not to because then we're tee prifing peop depriving people of seeing her. >> she was shot and killed on valentine's day inside psitorius' home. her funeral is tuesday the same day he returns to court. a few dozen people calling themselves we stand with christopher dorner gathered on the front steps of the los angeles police department this weekend. he's the ex-police officer who led authorities on a manhunt. our sister station in los angeles has the story. >> reporter: carrying signs that said clear his name, christopher dorner. some are wour masks representing police brutality. do you want him to survive? >> yes, in a way, because it would have been good to really hear his side of the story.

all right gh >> reporter: demonstrators called them we stand for christopher dorner. the former l.a. police officer suspected of killing four people was the focus of a massive manhunt that ended on tuesday in a gun battle followed by an explosive fire. a former marine questions how the police standoff ended. county sheriff admits they shot flammable tear gas can knit ters into the cabin, but deny again pewities intentionally burned it down with dorner inside. >> law enforcement are not the judge and jury. they're not supposed to be the executioner. and that's probably called police state. >> reporter: the 33-year-old's onlineman fess toe set off social media sympathizers with a facebook page of more than 15 thousand likes. many believe he was a victim of police corruption when he was fired in 2009.

do you support christopher dorner? >> i don't support what he did, it's tragic. >> the results of an autopsy earlier this week show that christopher dorner died from a single gunshot to the head. a man who allegedly slapped a toddler on a plane during a flight is now facing federal as suggest charges. the mother of a 19 month old says the man was sitting next to her son and her on a delta air lines flight from minneapolis to atlanta earlier this month. she says the man was drunk on the flight and when her son started crying, she says huntly yelled racial slurs at the toddler and then slapped him across the face, cutting his eye. >> i could not believe that he would say something like that. and to a baby or about a baby. and then to hit him was just -- i felt like i was in another world, i was shaking. >> the evidence is sufficient enough to support what we're

saying and we hope he's punished as much as he possibly can be. >> after the alleged incident, an air marshal moved the family to a different seat. he faces up to one year in jail. >> this morning the coast guard is trying to figure out what caused a ferry and speed boat to collide. it happened just south of tiburon. authorities say the speed boat was going fast when it collided with that ferry heading from san francisco to sausalito. number of the 500 passengers on the board the ferry were hurt, but two men in the smaller boat were injured an one injured seriously. the five crew members will undergo grug testing and are on paid administrate of it leave which is routine during the investigation. still ahead on today in the bay, we will show you why spring

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a mile start. get out and enjoy the weather because there is a change coming. we have talked about spring training being a family reunion of sorts for the players, but that is especially true for giants manager bruce bochy. comcast sports net has the story. >> reporter: imagine you are at your first big league camp. nerve-racking. now imagine that your father is right there and also imagine that he is the manager. well, that is the life brent bochy, son of bruce, is living this spring. >> basically said have fun with it, don't worry about outside distractions or what else. and just come in, do your job and have fun.

>> just started throwing the sinker a little bit more. he has the two seam, four seam, so he can use both. >> bret has been lights out in his professional career with an e.r.a. just over 2 in 92 career minor league innings. but we shouldn't expect anything less from a 25-year-old who has been around the game his whole life. a big chunk in san diego when bruce managed the padres. >> seen him go through a lot of tough times and the good times. so baseball has been good to our family. and i remember a lot of the guys there. grew up idolizing those guys. it was fun. >> reporter: and now he's on a field with the stars of today, who can relate to the unusual situation that he's in. >> i remember when my dad was my coach, it was the hardest part you don't want to piss him off. everything you're doing he's

watching you and criticizing you. >> reporter: bret didn't even start pitching until he was a senior in high school. and he had to have tommy john surgery when he was at the university of kansas. but despite all of that, he is quickly making a name for himself here in this franchise. reporting in scottsdale, nbc bay area. >> how nerve-racking. the nb am all-star game is tonight in houston and for the first time since 1997, the warriors will be represented on the court. dave lee posted a photo of his all-star swag on instragram. he's garnering praise from the league's top players. including lebron james. but james adds the warriors should have had two players this year, the second being this man. he showed off his skills last night in the three point contest starting off a little cold, but then heating up. at one point hitting nine threes in a row. but his 17 points were not

enough to advanced to finals where are kyrie irvine was on on fire putting up 23 to win the title. much more ahead. why texas governor rick perry was really in california. we'll sit down with our political analyst and talk about that coming up.

rick perry spent the week in california trying to woo california businesses to relocate in texas. but was the trip a gimmick or is texas the california of the future? larry, thank you for joining us. what's that about? honestly -- >> you mean you don't believe it? >> well, i like texas for sure, but it for him to say that it's so much worlds better. >> let's first give him his due. the stated purpose for his visit

was to invite california businesses to come out to a friendlier place. and he has a point. texas has no income tax, which is tantamount to a pay raise for thin who moves there. but there's more to the texas story. now let's get to the tea leaves. for example, the average household income in texas is 20% less than california. and as far as promising just, well, texas is tied with mississippi for having the highest percentage of minimum wage jobs in the nation, so when you talk about jobs, there's jobs and there's jobs. so the fact is that when you talk about locating or relocating businesses to texas, relocations are extremely rare. and for that matter, just about any other state. businesses just don't up and leave that easily. >> there's no it is expensive to

do business in california. >> the cost of doing business is only part of the cost of doing business. think about this. california has a unique set of factors. unique set of factors that make this a special place. especially for technology which is what perry was most anxious to. so we have access to massive amounts of venture capital, highly skilled workforce and an innovative culture. that's a supply chain if we can use that context of sorts that is distinctive in this area and not easily replicated elsewhere in the country or for the world for that matter. so that really contributes more than just dollars and cents. >> one thought was perhaps ceos saying i'm not going to texas, i'll send my minimum wage jobs to texas and the headquarters stay here. who knows, right? so if businesses are not likely

then to move just because the governor visits california, why did he come here? is it our atm machine again? >> that's where the speculation comes in. the most likely reason, yeah, for perry's presence on the 2016 presidential election. california con tlib butted about 10% of the funds to fellow republican mitt romney last year. at the moment, the 2016 republican nomination is simply wide open. so perry had a taste of this process last year, remember that, of course he couldn't remember three things. that's another story. nonetheless, he'll be a lot more prepared the next time around and he'll need funding which may be the real reason he came to california. but all of this underscores the fact that elections are on going events here and elsewhere. as soon as one ends, boom, another begins and that's exactly what we're doing. we're all looking to the

election of 2016. no rest for the weary. >> lucky for you. >> i love it. >> i don't know how much money he'll get from the ceos in california, right? >> we'll see. it's an interesting twist, but more than that, is he really asking them to leave or is he asking them for their money. and you can't blame him. this is a very wealthy state. >> yes, it is. all right, thank you very much. i think you'll like this next story because it is also political. hundreds of people expected to attend an auction of john f. kennedy memorabilia later today. brandon geneau has a sneak peek. >> reporter: a moment in time many have never seen before. >> we have over 3500 objects that were from the estate of david powers, best friend and aide to john f. kennedy. >> reporter: this auction is being called unprecedented and remarkable.

>> at his importance began to grow into his presidency, the more items that became part of this collection. >> reporter: the top seller or certainly the favorite if you will has to be -- >> certainly the bomber jacket has to be one of the most unique items. it's a one of a kind. i think today you'll see obama wearing it. these small intimate photographs, some self portraits taken by jackie. jackie relaxing by a swimming pool. john f. kennedy and dave powers in the swimming pool of binge crosby. these are little slices of life that most people or the media really don't get to see.

you get into his daily life which in part is held at arm's length. >> and that was nbc's brian ga know reporting. still ahead, the dolphin rescued at sea and the friends that were rooting for him. and gorgeous sunny view. some places stuck in fog as we look at bigger changes ahead in your seven day forecast.

let's show you a sunny view of san francisco right now. a little fog toward the north bay. san jose starting to break out with some sunshine. so the fog is the story. yesterday we had high clouds. this morning visibility reduced.

you can see around san mateo and even a quarter mile around parts of south bay. our temperatures quite a range. 51 in oakland, but chilly in the north bay, mid-30s there. 46 in san jose. thanks to winds shifting back on shore again today, that will keep the seabreeze up and combined with the foggy start to the morning, we're looking at a bit of a cooler afternoon than yesterday. no storms on the horizon just yet. we have high pressure holding on through about noon tomorrow. and then we'll see a big pattern shift as again a cold system here dropping out of the gulf of alaska, swinging toward the bay area, starting monday night on into tuesday. so highs that were in the 60s and 70s bottoming out in low 50s tuesday. we'll see rain at times. snow levels very likely dipping below 3,000 feet on it tuesday with some rain, breezy conditions and maybe a slight chance of thunder on tuesday afternoon.

hazy sunshine wins out today, but monday you'll see increasing clouds. the rain comes in tuesday morning's commute. looking at probably a quarter inch to maybe an inch of rain there on the coastal range, this will be from tuesday morning to about midnight. and then things clear out middle part of the week. today highs from the low to mid-50s. patches of low clods hanging on to about lunchtime. a few spots mid to upper 60s at best. plan on seeing low to mid-60s for the 567 for inland valleys and close to 59 in san francisco. so temperatures down from the you beener 60s and low 70s, seeing about a five to eight degree drop. but with the sun out, not too bad. today is the warmest day of the next seven. tuesday will be the coolest. windiest. and likely the wettest.

there is the mid week break for wednesday and thursday, we'll see another system drop in, this one a little over land, so not expecting much rain but in the forecast until we head toward next weekend. 2013 has been dry, so rain and snow both good news. and also the good news, most holding off until after the weekend. >> and the weather was too nice for some. thank you very much. and released this morning as crews freed a young dolphin in a discarded fishing line. a kayaker spotted the struggling dolphin about a mile off the coast of la hoya. lifeguards and seaworld specialists used a pole to gather the line, cut it and were able to get the dolphin close enough to untangle it. rescuers say the dolphin

appeared tired but not hurt. once freed, the three-foot dolphin swam to other dolphins that were apparently keeping watch nearby. and there was checking, crashing, holding on the ice all over the bay area. not penalties. these kids got a chance to try hockey for free this weekend in san jose. organizers and volunteers donated gear, lessons and ice time and there are more events planned, so if you want in on that, check it out. thank you so much for making us a part of your morning. we will have more local news for you tonight at 5:00, 6:00 and 11:00 and of course nbcbayarea.com. have a great day and enjoy the sunshine. >> sunshine today and tuesday, winter coat time. >> we didn't call it ski week,

we call it board week at our house. >> we're hoping snowboard, not bored. >> right. hope you have a ski week, nice ski week, a break off if you have it, or enjoy your workweek. have a great day. we'll see you next weekend.

from nbc news in washington, the world's longest running television program, this is "meet the press" with david gregory. good sunday morning. the white house and congressional republicans now at odd on two fronts, the battle over the nomination of chuck hagel for defense secretary. it has now been delayed for another week, that vote. $8.5 billion of automatic spending cuts scheduled to take effect in two weeks' time if no agreement is reached. we have it all covered this morning and we want to start with a view from the white

house. in washington, the job of white house chief of staff is known as the most powerful post in town and there is a new man occupying that seat of power and he is here with us this morning on "meet the press," his first appearance. but who he? how did he get here? denis mcdonough is one of 11 kids and qualification enough in a small town in minnesota. he was a high school football star. he cut his teeth in politics and working in the house for congressman lee hamilton and in the senate for majority leader tom daschle and later for barack obama. when he decided to make a run for the white house in 2008 he tapped mcdonough to be his foreign policy adviser to the campaign. the president announced him as his pick, mcdonough involved in every major foreign policy decision, including the call to get osama bin laden. >> i actually b